նահապետ
See also: Նահապետ
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian նահապետ (nahapet).
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [nɑhɑˈpet]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [nɑhɑˈbed]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Noun edit
նահապետ • (nahapet)
Declension edit
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | նահապետ (nahapet) | նահապետներ (nahapetner) | ||
| dative | նահապետի (nahapeti) | նահապետների (nahapetneri) | ||
| ablative | նահապետից (nahapeticʻ) | նահապետներից (nahapetnericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | նահապետով (nahapetov) | նահապետներով (nahapetnerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | նահապետը/նահապետն (nahapetə/nahapetn) | նահապետները/նահապետներն (nahapetnerə/nahapetnern) | ||
| dative | նահապետին (nahapetin) | նահապետներին (nahapetnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | նահապետս (nahapets) | նահապետներս (nahapetners) | ||
| dative | նահապետիս (nahapetis) | նահապետներիս (nahapetneris) | ||
| ablative | նահապետիցս (nahapeticʻs) | նահապետներիցս (nahapetnericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | նահապետովս (nahapetovs) | նահապետներովս (nahapetnerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | նահապետդ (nahapetd) | նահապետներդ (nahapetnerd) | ||
| dative | նահապետիդ (nahapetid) | նահապետներիդ (nahapetnerid) | ||
| ablative | նահապետիցդ (nahapeticʻd) | նահապետներիցդ (nahapetnericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | նահապետովդ (nahapetovd) | նահապետներովդ (nahapetnerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- նախապետ (naxapet)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Middle Iranian compound meaning "family-head", whose first component is the Iranian word for "navel", figuratively also meaning "family" (compare Persian ناف (nâf, “navel”), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬀 (nāfa, “navel”), 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋 (nāfō, “relatives, family”)), and the second is the etymon of պետ (pet, “chief, head”).
The form նախապետ (naxapet) is either because of reanalysis within Armenian as նախ (nax, “first”) + -ա- (-a-) + պետ (pet) or is wholly borrowed from a parallel Iranian formation containing the etymon of նախ (nax, “first”) and meaning "lord of the first".
The compound is attested as Middle Persian 𐭭𐭧𐭥𐭯𐭲𐭩 (nḥwpty), a title appearing in the Paikuli inscription, and as Gandhari [Kharoshthi needed] (ṇavhapati), a title appearing in the Reliquary Inscription of Senavaṃma.
Noun edit
նահապետ • (nahapet)
Declension edit
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | նահապետ (nahapet) | նահապետք (nahapetkʻ) | |
| genitive | նահապետի (nahapeti) | նահապետաց (nahapetacʻ) | |
| dative | նահապետի (nahapeti) | նահապետաց (nahapetacʻ) | |
| accusative | նահապետ (nahapet) | նահապետս (nahapets) | |
| ablative | նահապետէ (nahapetē) | նահապետաց (nahapetacʻ) | |
| instrumental | նահապետաւ (nahapetaw) | նահապետաւք = նահապետօք (nahapetawkʻ = nahapetōkʻ) | |
| locative | նահապետի (nahapeti) | նահապետս (nahapets) |
Derived terms edit
- նախապետաբար (naxapetabar)
- նախապետական (naxapetakan)
- նախապետութիւն (naxapetutʻiwn)
- Նահապետ (Nahapet)
- նահապետական (nahapetakan)
- նահապետութիւն (nahapetutʻiwn)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նահապետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 423ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նահապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)[1] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 142–150
- Leroy, Maurice (1983) “Emprunts iraniens dans la composition nominale en arménien classique”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes[2] (in French), volume 17, page 61
- Meillet, Antoine (1922) “De quelques mots parthes en arménien”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 2, pages 1–3
- Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, page 77
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նահապետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[3], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 463–464 of 459–465